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Hl. C. ETHERIDGE DOOR HOOK Filed Sept. 5. 1922 Patented Feb. 5, i924.

rares Mai HARRY G. ETHERIDGE, 0F WAGO, TEXAS.

DOOR HOO-K.

Application filed September 5, 19224 Serial No. 586,364.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, HARRY C. ETHERIDGE, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residin Waco, in the county of McLennan and tate of Texas, haveinvented certain new and use- -ful Improvements in Door Hooks, of whichthe following is a speciication.V

This invention relates to improvements in a door latch and has for itsobject to provide an adjustable latch hook for screen or other doors. j

With the above and other objects in view I have invented the deviceillustrated in the accompanying drawings in which- Figure 1 is anelevational view broken away, embracing my invention;

Figure 2 is a top plan view of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a perspective View of a hook member; and

Figure 5 is a plan view illustrating a pattern of a housing for a latchhook.

Like reference characters indicate like parts throughout the followingspecification and in the several views in the drawings in which, 1indicates a door frame into the portion 2 of which the screw eye 3 isscrewed. Pivotally mounted in the eye 3 is a housing 4 in which the hookmember 5 is slidably mounted. The housing 4 is formed from a blank 6having cut-outs 7 and 8 of a similar size and between which is located areduced cut-out 9 on a transverse line with which the forward portion ofthe blank 10 is adapted to be bent and returned over the rear portion11, said latter portion having longitudinal extension flanges 12 and 13which are adapted to be returned over the tongue portion 14 of theforward part 10 of said member 6. The hook member 5 is provided with aiiat enlarged inner end 15 and a hook 16 on its outer end between whichends the body portion of the hook is threaded as at 17. The threadedshank 17 projects through the opening 9 which, with the reduced sides 18and 19, forms the outer end 2() of said housing. A knurled nut 21 isthreaded on the shank 17 and projects through the openings 7 and 8whereby said nut may be easily rotated with the fingers. The flancs 12and 13 are returned over the longitudinal edges of the tongue 14 andbetween which and the members 11 and 14 the end 15 of said hook memberis slidable, the enlarged end 15 acting as a guide for the hook memberas it is moved forward or rearward through the movement oi said nut 21,said member 15 also holding the hook 16 vertically disposed when inoperative position or at substantially right angles to the screw eye 22in the frame 23 of the door The ends 25 and 26 of the member 6 areprovided with opposing openings 27 and 28 through which the eye 3 isthreaded. The part 25 is provided with an extension tongue 29 which isreturned over the ends 26 as indicated in Figure 2.

From the above description it will be noted that the threaded shank 17of the hook member 5 may be nicely adjusted so as to engage the screweye 22 and hold the screen or other door 24 closed tightly. In doorhooks now in use, swaying of the door or drawing of one of the screweyes 3 or 22 will cause the ordinary hook to hold the door looselyclosed, thus allowing of cracks through which flies and other insectsmay readily enter. l/Vhereas, with the above described hook the door mayalways be held tightly closed simply by a quick adjustment of the nut21.

Having described my invention that which I claim to be new and desire toprocure by Letters Patent is:

1. A device of the class described comprising a housing provided at oneend portion with attaching means, the opposite end being provided withan opening and the opposed walls of the housing adjacent to said openingbeing provided with cut out portions, `a nut extending through thehousing and said cut out portions, a hook member disposed within thehousing through the opening in an end thereof and upon which the nut isthreaded, rotation of the nut extending or retracting the hook memberwith respect to the housing, and means carried by the inserted endportion of the hook member for limiting the outward movement of thehook.

2. A device of the class described comprising a housing provided at oneend portion with attaching means, the opposite end being provided withan opening and the opposed Walls of the' housing adjacent to saidopening being provided with cut out portons, a nut extending through thehousing and said cut out portions, a hook meniber disposed within thehousing through the opening in an endrthereof and upon which the nut isthreaded.y rotation of the tint ex tendiiigon' retracting thehook memberWith jrespeet-tothe housing, the inserted end porhaving coacting meansfor .holding the hook member and housing"4 "against "independent rotarymovement.

3. A device of the class described oomprising in combination; ahousingjrprovid'edfi with attaching means at one end and with an opening atthe'opposite' end, the side marginal portions of the housing beingprovidedwith internal iguide' ways.` a hook ymember havingan endfportion insertible Wihin-lthe 'housing through they open-end thereof,the Linsertedfend'portion of the hook "i member*being` provided with:'an Aenlarged tlon of the hook member and the housing'.

portion engaging Within the guide Ways of .the `housing` to hold thehook member and "'husingagainst 'relative rotatlon7 and means eoactingwith the hook member and the housing` for extending or retra-eting thehook -memberwith respect to the housing.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in the presence oftwowitnesses.

HARRY CI'ETHERIDGE. Witnesses:

CLYDE* MoMoHAN, P. VDEWEY DUNeAi:r.l

